You never experience this extraordinary scene with a huge flock of starlings flying in front of the moon just after sunset. The hundreds of black starlings are a nice contrast to the blue background with the half moon as its centrepiece. The photo was taken over the meadows near Gytsjerk, Friesland. The almost alienating image seems almost too good to be true, but is a shot of a moment that really happened. Photoshop was certainly not involved. A unique image.
I am a professional photographer from the North of the Netherlands. I walk a lot in nature and if possible I look up the Wadden Sea... Read more…